Analysis
HTS 7315.12.00 covers articulated link chain and parts thereof: other chain under heading 7315 (chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 7315.89.50 (other: other) at 3.9%, a difference of 3.9 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332618 (Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing), an industry of 710 US establishments employing 19,060 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7315.11.00 | Articulated link chain and parts thereof: roller chain | Free |
| 7315.19.00 | Articulated link chain and parts thereof: parts | Free |
| 7315.20.10 | Not over 8 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.20.50 | Over 8 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.81.00 | Other chain: stud link | Free |
| 7315.82.10 | Not over 10 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.82.30 | Over 10 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.82.50 | Not over 10 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.82.70 | Over 10 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.89.10 | Not over 8 mm in diameter | 1.5% |
| 7315.89.30 | Over 8 mm in diameter | Free |
| 7315.89.50 | Other: other | 3.9% |
| 7315.90.00 | Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel: other parts | 2.9% |